Buying Professional
About the Role
Location United States of America Texas Houston Remote vs. Office Hybrid (Remote / Office) Company Siemens Energy, Inc. Organization Transformation of Industry Business Unit Compression Full / Part time Full-time Experience Level Early Professional
A Snapshot of Your Day
As a Team member of the SE TI CP P SV Team, you will help support the Service Centers North America Region and ensure customer care via the supply of materials based on customer requirements via the Purchase-To-Pay (P2P) processes.
How You’ll Make an Impact
- Expedite as needed and serve as a liaison between vendors and users.
- Resolve sophisticated delivery, quality, or other related problems with purchases and invoices.
- Updates project plans and purchasing systems through collaboration & negotiations with suppliers to develop alternative procurement models.
- Review and analyze requisitions and supply plans for domestic and international purchases.
- Negotiate prices, terms, and quality requirements and be responsible for cost savings based on your commodity.
- Resolve Strategy based on BU needs supplier development plan in close collaboration with SQM, CVE & Global Commodity Management.
- Develop requests for quotes and develop new supply sources.
- Evaluate market conditions working cross-functionally to identify, assess, and mitigate supply chain risks earlier and improve our chances of winning bids.
- Performs value analysis to identify cost improvements.
- Supervise Developments in technologies and bring new suppliers in to identify and introduce innovation into our organization.
- Must be based and work in Houston, TX. Office.
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required (Engineering background preferred).
- 3+ years of combined experience in purchasing and field service operations.
- Demonstrate and apply broad knowledge of the field of specialization to successfully complete moderately sophisticated assignments.
Effectively applies complex knowledge of fundamental concepts, practices, and procedures of area of specialization.
- SAP knowledge is required.
- Keep an open attitude, embrace technological opportunities, have an ambitious mindset, and be curious. Ability to work independently and with an organized and disciplined approach
- Applicants must demonstrate excellent social leadership skills : active listening, collaboration, communication, persuasion & service orientation.
Ability to travel 20% domestically or internationally. Digital Skills preferred : resolving computer problems with new technologies. , programming skills
Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.
Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.